So many in this thread that I love. When my high school friends tuned into pop radio, I was tuned into Rhythm & Blues on WILD in Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Since I was about 13, one of my top two all-time singers is Oscar Brown, Jr. (closing in on 50 years) Maybe it is because he was a poet that supported his talent as a lyricist. Maybe it is because he was an actor that contributed to the emotion in his songs. Maybe it is because he lived the social conditions his songs describe so well that allowed others to understand.

A friend remembers Oscar Brown Jr.

Link to donnie l betts' documentary on OBJ

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